Stalled Wood-Ridge Hub Tries to Get on Track

AvalonBay Communities Inc. will break ground Wednesday on a New Jersey apartment project that aims to jump-start the transformation of a shuttered airplane-engine factory into an urban hub.

The complex is part of a 70-acre development in Wood-Ridge by Somerset Development slated to include hundreds of apartments, single-family homes, retail shops and recreational space. Still, the biggest selling point of the project, called Wesmont Station, is that it will include an NJ Transit train station offering roughly a 30-minute commute...